If it wasn’t depressing enough that deadly secondhand smoke causes cancer, heart disease, stroke, dementia and non-fatal diseases, such as asthma, inner ear infections and other afflictions in non-smokers, but a report just released shows non-smokers exposed to secondhand smoke are more than twice as likely as those not exposed to have major depression.
The American Psychosomatic Society released the study Wednesday at their annul meeting in Chicago. According to a report in USA Today, It’s the first U.S. study tying secondhand smoke to depression. Another study in Japan came up with a similar conclusion, buy unlike the Japanese research, this study actually confirmed exposure to smoke by measuring cotinine — a chemical that occurs in blood after breathing in smoke.
The scientific studies on the harmful effects on secondhand smoke continue to pile up, and hopefully it will be enough to spur Senate Majority Leader Mike Bishop and Speaker Andy Dillon to discharge the indoor smoking ban bills, including bars and restaurants, to be discharged from Committee and voted on the floor.
1 comment:
Switching to electronic cigarettes will allow people to smoke anywhere they want, because there's no tobacco, or ignition of tobacco, and no second-hand smoke. You get the nicotine, but without the 4000+ harmful chemicals that are in regular cigarettes! I can actually breathe now. e-Cigarettes have helped save my money and my health (not to mention the health of those around me!)
I found this blog that helped me figure out which brand of e-cigarette I should buy. If you're considering switching over, I hope this page helps you like it helped me:
http://greensmokes.blogspot.com
And here are some videos with information about how e-cigs work:
http://www.youtube.com/healthysmokes
Post a Comment